When it comes to a couple living together...

What would be a reasonable way to handle expenses....share power,cable/internet, water bill, trash, food,etc..or just agree to one amount a month and the owner or if just one is on lease handles all that with the set amount? What do u think should be fair or best way?

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PTCdresser57 · 61-69, M

I have friends that have done this. Depending on how much each makes. So if one person makes less the percentage that person pays equals the percentage the other person pays. For me and my wife when we lived together(before marriage for 6 yrs) all money went into a checking account and the bills were payed first. What wa left is what we lived on. Now I have created a spreadsheet for the whole year....with income and expenses...slotted bills in on each week and it shows what is left....each week of the year. If you would like it I will gladly give it to you.

Horus · M

@PTCdresser57: this is the way we did.